Fats Waller & His Rhythm - Christopher Columbus [April 8, 1936] video free download
Lyrics:
Mister Christopher Columbus
Sailed the sea without a compass.
When his men began a rumpus,
Up spoke Christopher Columbus:
"There is land somewhere.
Until we get there,
We will not go wrong,
If we sing, swing a song.
Since the world is round,
We'll be safe and sound
Til our goal is found,
We'll just keep rhythm bound."
Soon the crew was makin' merry
Then came a yell: "Let's drink to Isabelle,
Hum, bring the rum, Ho Hum."
No more mutiny,
What a time at sea
With di-plo-ma-cy
Christy made his-to-ry
Mister Christopher Columbus,
He used rhythm as a compass.
Music ended all the rumpus.
Wise old Christopher Columbus.
Comments
10 years ago
alan cobain
BEAUTIFUL SAX SOLO BY GENE SEDRIC.10 years ago
Newwaver2007
Christopher Columbus heah! :P haha. That made me grin.10 years ago
giorgio mazzone
TNX ! <3 Fats! just subsrcibed, crazy 'bout stride, rags and early swing...I'll be happy if you'll come listen to my cover of this... :)11 years ago
sybernut
I think he did have a compass...11 years ago
Francko Hazely
1} Performers and instrumentation Fats Waller- Piano, Herman Autrey-Trumpet, Gene Cedric-Sax, Mezz Mezzrow-Clarinet, Benny Morton-Trombone, Charlie Turner-Bass2} School/Style of Jazz.-Swing3} Form.-32 Bars popular form4} Reason for inclusion.This tune is just extremely catchy, so I thought why not add a little fun to my list.11 years ago
Richard Carter
Also, there's the bit at the end where Fats declares: "Well looka there, Christie's grabbed the Santa Maria And he's goin' back, ah ha, look at that. Ah ha, in the year fourteen ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. What I say?"11 years ago
Richard Carter
Wonderful! One thing only: your transcription of the fourth verse is a bit of. This is what (I think) it should be: "Since the crew was makin' merry, Mary got off and went home Then came a yell for Isabelle, And they brought on the rum … and Isabelle."12 years ago
Ben Lucarelli
This is a great tune...well looka there!13 years ago
psgcaravan
thanks for sharing. this is great entertainment!Related Videos
